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Blair has done everything right.
Class president. Creative writing club president. The reliable oldest daughter. The girl who never cracks.
She's been in love with August since she was thirteen-on again, off again, intense in all the ways first love is allowed to be. He's the golden boy: charming, possessive, impossible to let go of. Loving him feels familiar, even when it hurts.
Allie has always been her constant.
Best friends since kindergarten. The one who knows Blair's tells, finishes her sentences, and stands between her and the world when it gets too loud. She hates August hates how he hurts Blair, hates how she keeps going back-but her loyalty runs deeper than her anger. Or so Blair believes.
Then Parker moves to town.
Allie's cousin. A transfer from California. Quiet, sharp, and completely uninterested in playing games. What starts as irritation turns into uneasy alliance, then something far more dangerous. Parker sees Blair when she isn't performing. He listens when she finally breaks.
As senior year unfolds, tensions rise and secrets press closer to the surface. Friendships strain. Trust wavers. And Blair is forced to confront the difference between the love she's clung to, the loyalty she's relied on, and the truth she's been avoiding.
Some loves feel like fire.
Some feel like safety.
And sometimes, the most beautiful ruin is realizing the people closest to you may be the ones holding the sharpest secrets.